2025 Best Sociology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Hawaii

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in sociology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #19 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Hawaii to determine which ones were the best for sociology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 55 bachelor's degrees in sociology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on sociology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other sociology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for sociology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized sociology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for sociology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Sociology Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Sociology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Hawaii list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Sociology in Hawaii

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for sociology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Hawaii Schools for a Bachelor's in Sociology

1

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

39 Annual Graduates

$27,859 Median Starting Salary

$27,359 Median Student Debt

University of Hawaii at Manoa is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in sociology. Located in the city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the sociology program state that they receive average early career income of $27,859.

More information about a bachelor’s in sociology from University of Hawaii at Manoa

2

University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, HI

16 Annual Graduates

$24,414 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of Hawaii at Hilo if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in sociology. UH Hilo is a small public university located in the town of Hilo.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the sociology program report average early career earnings of $24,414.

More information about a bachelor’s in sociology from University of Hawaii at Hilo

Best Sociology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Sociology Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	8,861
Washington	226	639
Oregon	185	319
Nevada	129	104
Alaska	75	5

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Sociology Related Rankings by Major

Sociology is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Sociology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Sociology	55

Majors Similar to Sociology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government	116
General Social Sciences	106
Economics	66
Anthropology	56
Geography & Cartography	25

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Kontos. More about our data sources and methodologies.